When i was a kid, I specialized in sport at a pretty young age. Once I began playing football, I loved the sport and often played multiple seasons per year (summer and fall). Even though I ended up playing 16 seasons in my career, one aspect of my game wasn’t properly developed until near the end of my career - that was my speed.
For all the seasons I played, and drills I ran as a football player, I was never taught to run faster. It wasn’t until I reached the University level that our team employed a speed coach (aka track coach). Until that point, if I had gotten faster, it could only be attributed to general growth and development, as I also didn’t begin training consistently until university as well. After we began using this coach as a team, I spent two years training with him Continue Reading